Hands Around the Globe: A History of the International Credit Union Movement and the Role and Development of World Council of Credit Unions, Inc.
www.the-vibe.co.uk (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
(c) world development movement A report has found that UK poverty has been rising since before the recession. This news will be greeted by many as another sign of Labour’s failure. If after 12 years in ...
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Climate change scientist James Hansen plans to boycott the Copenhagen summit next week in protest of proposed cap and trade plans. Photo by World Development Movement via Flickr. The "grandfather of climate change" is boycotting next week's climate change summit in Copenhagen --and what's more, he hopes it fails. It might seem like an antithetical position for James...
a sibilant intake of breath (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Organizations including the World Development Movement, the Polaris Institute, and Greenpeace have suggested that Canada be suspended from the Commonwealth due to its poor climate change policies. While there is no prospect of that happening now, the situation does make you think about just how long Canada can continue to delay mitigation at home, even in [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... a heavily criticised mining company in India. The coalition of groups, including Platform and the World Development Movement said the investments paid for by the taxpayer put the UK to 'shame'. 'We're paying for some of the most damaging mining and fossil fuel projects around the world,' said Julian Oram, head of policy at the World Development Movement....
